Movies and TvShows featuring "cretaceous-period" theme.

A research team led by Jason Statham and Wu Jing embarks on an exploratory dive into the ocean's deepest depths. However, their mission takes a dangerous turn when they come across a malevolent mining operation. Now, they must battle colossal Megs and relentless environmental plunderers in a high-stakes race against time.

While dinosaurs may have been some of the mightiest creatures ever to have walked the earth, they also could have been among the most bizarre. With extreme, exaggerated body parts, some predators were loaded with outlandish or disproportionately sized appendages. Join world-renowned paleontologists and travel the globe to unearth some of the lesser-known but most surprising members of the dinosaur family: Mamenchisaurus, whose neck alone was longer than the rest of its body; Chasmosaurus, adorned with a fashionable crown of frilly spikes to attract the eyes of potential suitors; Spinosaurus, with massive extensions from its vertebrae that could have supported a sail or a hump; and Parasaurolophus, whose tube-like head crest may look odd to us, but was a mating magnet back in the day.

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure takes viewers on a journey through time to discover the fascinating world of ancient sea creatures. From giant sharks to enormous mosasaurs, this animated documentary showcases the incredible diversity of marine life that existed millions of years ago. Through stunning visual effects and expert narration, audiences will be transported back to a time when sea monsters ruled the oceans.

Some scientists challenge the meteor impact theory as the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs. This program lays out the evidence and considers alternative explanations. The program also points out that many of the plant animal families that are in danger now survived the KT extinction suggesting the beginning of a new mass extinction. But even if we avoid a mass extinction changing climatic cycles will give humans trouble in 10,000 years when a new ice age cause glaciers to expand all over the Earth. Or, for North Americans, the Yellowstone super volcano is overdue to eruption.